Education, Medical, Undergraduate - Standards
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

An analysis of undergraduate ophthalmology training in Canada.

29 Sep 2009 OBJECTIVE: To investigate the adequacy of undergraduate ophthalmology education in Canada in comparison with the International Council of Ophthalmology (ICO) guidelines. DESIGN: Cross-sectional survey. PARTICIPANTS: First-year residents who had ... Read more...

An evaluation of the evidence in "evidence-based" integrative medicine programs.

30 Aug 2009 Alternative therapies are popular, and information about them should be included in the curricula of health profession schools. During 2000 to 2003, the National Institutes of Health National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine awarded ... Read more...

Promise of professionalism: personal mission statements among a national cohort of medical students.

29 Jun 2009 PURPOSE: While historic medical oaths and numerous contemporary medical organizations offer guidelines for professionalism, the nature of the professional aspirations, commitments, and values of current medical students is not well known. We sought ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Education, Medical, Undergraduate - Standards'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• An analysis of undergraduate ophthalmology training in Canada. 29 Sep 2009
• Refocusing ophthalmic education. 29 Sep 2009
• Dalhousie University medical school faces probation. 19 Sep 2009
• An evaluation of the evidence in "evidence-based" integrative medicine programs. 30 Aug 2009
• What is the point of care? 30 Jul 2009
• Emergency medicine training: is undergraduate training sufficient for the Swiss health-care system? 23 Jul 2009
• [Clinical cases, a panacea view of medicine: from the simple anecdote to teaching practice] 29 Jun 2009
• Promise of professionalism: personal mission statements among a national cohort of medical students. 29 Jun 2009
• Objective and subjective assessment of reciprocal peer teaching in medical gross anatomy laboratory. 29 Jun 2009
• Quality of teaching in chemical pathology: ability of interns to order and interpret laboratory tests. 29 Jun 2009
• The essential neurologic examination: what should medical students be taught? 7 Jun 2009
• Junior doctors' ability to interpret lateral soft tissue neck X-rays: is there a training issue? 30 May 2009
• Accreditation of undergraduate medical education in the Caribbean: report on the Caribbean accreditation authority for education in medicine and other health professions. 30 May 2009
• The separate osteopathic medical education pathway: uniquely addressing national needs. Point. 30 May 2009
• What is your threshold for evidence to treat? 30 May 2009
• Osteopathic clinical training in three universities. 30 May 2009
• Accreditation standards of osteopathic and allopathic medical schools: could they affect educational quality? 30 May 2009
• Medical school dermatology curriculum: are we adequately preparing primary care physicians? 3 May 2009
• Remediation techniques for student performance problems after a comprehensive clinical skills assessment. 29 Apr 2009
• Keeping granny safe on July 1: a consensus on minimum geriatrics competencies for graduating medical students. 29 Apr 2009

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Technical information about 'Education, Medical, Undergraduate'

Definition: The period of medical education in a medical school. In the United States it follows the baccalaureate degree and precedes the granting of the M.D.

Descriptor UI: D004504

Alternative terms: Education, Medical, Undergraduate; Medical Education, Undergraduate; Undergraduate Medical Education; Education, Undergraduate Medical;

Allowable Qualifiers: economics; history; legislation & jurisprudence; manpower; methods; organization & administration; standards; trends; statistics & numerical data; ethics; classification;

Tree Number: I02.358.399.450;

History Note: 73(71)

Technical Notes: DF: EDUC MED UNDERGRAD